HIGHLANDER: SEASON FOUR
“He is Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander.
Born in 1592 in the Highlands of Scotland and he is still alive. He is immortal. For four hundred years he’s been a warrior, a lover, a wanderer. Constantly facing other Immortals in a combat to the death, the winner takes his enemy’s head and with it, his power. I am a Watcher, part of a secret society of men and women who observe and record but never interfere. We know the truth about Immortals. In the end… there can be only one.
May it be Duncan MacLeod: the Highlander…”
EPISODE 4.1: HOMELAND
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Adrian Paul
Attending a Paris exhibition and bidding on antique items, Duncan is surprised to find a bracelet that he recognises from centuries ago, a trinket he thought lost in the Highlands in the days before he became Immortal. Duncan remembers his first love, Debra Campbell, who wore it and whom he loved with all his heart – but their love was never meant to be as she was betrothed to his brother as part of a peace-plan between the two clans and tragedy would strike before they could ever resolve their duties and destiny.
MacLeod decides to head back to the land he once called home, but when he arrives, he is met with some suspicion by the locals who treat him as yet another glorified tourist or stranger casually searching for tenuous roots… even worse, they think he might be responsible for the plundering of various gravesites in the area. Even Joe Dawson’s presence can’t solve Mac’s troubles…
The local legend is that a MacLeod will rise from the grave to protect Glenfinnan and when it turns out that an old threat Duncan faced in the earliest days of his immortality is actually far from resolved, MacLeod must face-down Canwulf (Carsten Norgaard) to keep a long held promise…
Also featuring: Kristin Minter (as Rachel MacLeod), Matthew Walker (as Ian MacLeod), Laurie Holden (as Debra Campbell), Scott McNeil (as Robert MacLeod), Anna Hagen (as Mary MacLeod), Ewan ‘Sudsy’ Clark (as George Laonde), John Tierney (as Angus), William Samples (as Bruce), Gerard Plunkett (as James Bailey), Robert Maloney (as Kevin McSwain), Billy Mitchell (as Brian McSwain), Forbes Angus (as Constable), Andrew MacGregor (as Donal)
EPISODE 4.2: BROTHERS IN ARMS
Written by Morrie Ruvinsky
Directed by Charles Wilkinson
Duncan and Joe arrive back on American soil, but the plane’s wheels have barely touched the ground before he finds himself caught in the middle of trouble once again.
Seconds after Duncan senses another Immortal nearby, a masked gunman takes a shot at the stranger. Joe gets the Immortal into a van while Duncan sets off in pursuit of the shooter. It’s clear he’s a trained fighter but Duncan is shocked when it turns out to be Charlie DeSalvo (Philip Akin).
Joe is in for a few surprises of his own – realising that the Immortal ‘victim’ is actually Andrew Cord (Wolfgang Bodison) his commanding officer from his platoon in Viet Nam and the man to whom he owes his life.
With Duncan and Joe keeping secrets and protecting their own, a fragile house of cards is about to come crashing down as the men evaluate other past and present friendships. Charlie is seeking a very personal vengeance against an ‘enemy’ he can’t kill and Joe has to work out whether Cord is still the man he knew…
Also featuring: Chris Bradford (as young Joe Dawson), Jeffrey Renn (as Young Ian Bancroft), Liliana Komorowska (as Mara),Garrison Chrisjohn (as Dr. Weldon), Mercedes Tang (as Vietnamese Woman)
EPISODE 4.3: THE INNOCENT
Written by Alan Swayze
Directed by Dennis Berry
Mikey (Pruitt Taylor Vince) is an Immortal with the mind of a child, obsessed with trains and protected by his friend and fellow Immortal Alan and his wife, Helen. When ruthless Immortal Tyler King (Callum Keith Rennie) comes calling, Alan is killed and Mikey accidentally kills Helen while trying to protect her. Mikey is left on the run and alone to fend for himself.
Richie, passing nearby, senses Mikey and realising the Immortal is no threat to him, wants to help. They travel to see Duncan who, while he sympathises with Mikey’s plight, realises that Richie’s efforts to help him may be moot in a world that is already dangerous enough for a trusting soul like Mikey – even without the Immortal factor meaning others will come looking to take his head.
Even if Duncan and Richie can stop the most immediate threat, how can Mikey – strong enough to be a proven threat to others, even by accident – survive?
Also featuring: Philip Hayes (as Alan Wells), Chilton Crane (as Helen Wells), Dwight McFee (as Jack Spice), Darryl Shackelly (as Chaske), Hagan Beggs (as Doc Hobbs), Patrick Stevenson (as Lockport), George Austion (as Anderson), Craig Brunanski (as Sheriff), Bobby Stewart 9as Officer Winston), Terry Howson (as Water Delivery Man)
EPISODE 4.4: LEADER OF THE PACK
Written by Lawrence Shore
Directed by Mario Azzopardi
The rules of the ‘Game’ dictate that Immortals must combat one-on-one, but that hasn’t stopped some more nefarious examples from loading the dice in their favour. In an effort to subdue the competition, Kanis (Justin Louis) uses a pack of dogs to run his quarry to ground, tiring them out before he can deliver the killing stroke.
Walking through the city, Duncan finds himself being followed by a single rottweiler and then more. He realises he’s been trailed. Kanis wants revenge for an earlier encounter and he’ll once again use hounds to get it.
Revenge is also being considered elsewhere as Richie comes face to face with his own blast the past – the kid whom he believes killed both him and Tessa on that fateful night several years before.
If Richie is right then he and Duncan finally have the chance to avenge Tessa’s murder, but Duncan knows that revenge is rarely a precise instrument. However, Richie is less willing to let the matter lie and goes looking for his own retribution…
Also featuring: Rachel Hayward (as the Duchess), Travis MacDonald (as Mark Roszca), Venus Terzo (as Valerie Meech), Jenafor Ryane (as Alicia), Kim Restell (as Julie), Yee Jee Tso (as Gerald), Greg Rogers (as Detective Sheridan), Veena Sood (as Shandra Devane), Christopher Gaze (as Sheriff), Michael Dobson (as Cop), Christpher Lovick (as Shepherd)
EPISODE 4.5: DOUBLE EAGLE
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Mario Azzopardi
After making a quick exit from a business deal gone wrong in Macao and the tail-end of a 107 year streak of bad luck, Kit O’Brady (Nicholas Campbell) decides to pay his old friend Duncan MacLeod a visit. Unfortunately Kit’s luck hasn’t changed just yet, Amanda (Elizabeth Gracen) is also back in town and her relationship with Kit is not quite as…friendly.
Years ago, Amanda played poker and cheated/out-played Kit for the deed of his establishment, the ‘Double Eagle’ saloon and there hasn’t been a day since when he hasn’t wanted to make her pay… Equally, when the saloon burned down a few days after Amanda won, she blamed Kit. An already busy Duncan is going to have to work very hard to keep them apart.
Kit has his heart set on buying a winning, thoroughbred horse also called the Double Eagle, in the belief it’ll be a good-luck charm. But there are complications to the purchase and so Duncan puts some money into the pot… after all, what could go wrong? Answer: Amanda finding out…
Also featuring: Tim Henry (as Jim Rainey), Garvin Cross (as Ray), Tony Marr (as Laundry Worker)
EPISODE 4.6: REUNION
Written by Elizabeth Baxter
Directed by Dennis Berry
Kenny (Myles Ferguson) is bloody and battered and is being pursued by another Immortal Terence Kincaid (Mike Preston) and finds himself in the underground car-park of the local hospital. He, literally, runs into Anne Lindsay (Lisa Howard) who sees his quick recovery and realises that he’s an Immortal like Duncan and quickly ushers him to the building’s chapel, which is the nearest holy ground.
Kenny doesn’t want MacLeod’s help and Duncan is happy not to give it, but he has his own beef with Kincaid after serving under his ruthless rule as a ship’s captain in the South Pacific of the late 1770s. Duncan left Kincaid marooned without food and over two hundred years later, his demeanour hasn’t improved. Duncan agrees to let Kenny stay one night and realises that he’ll have to introduce him to his current ‘house-guest’ Amanda (Elizabeth Gracen). He’s more than surprised when it turns out the two are already acquainted.
But Duncan, despite Amanda’s reassurances, still doesn’t trust Kenny and when Kenny looks to make a deal with Kincaid, it seems MacLeod’s instincts may have been correct. One way or another he’ll have to battle Kincaid, but first he has to survive Amanda and Anne Lindsay meeting at last…
Also featuring: Ryan Michael (as Sheriff), Luc Corbeil (as Merriman), Joel Wirkkunen (as McPhee), Lisa Butler (as Kenny’s ‘Mother’)
EPISODE 4.7: THE COLONEL
Written by Durnford King
Directed by Dennis Berry
While Amanda (Elizabeth Gracen) pleads with Joe to put aside his strict Watcher ‘oath’ and mend fences with Duncan, MacLeod finds himself the victim of a very co-ordinated mugging. It is the work of Colonel Simon Killian (Sean Allan) who is looking for revenge against Duncan after the latter had him locked away in a mental institute seventy years previously…
With MacLeod ‘running late’ Amanda spends her time watching a young pick-pocket, Melissa, work Joe’s bar and persuading her to join her for a drink and then some late night breaking and entering. Duncan is having less fun, having to dislocate his shoulder to escape his strait-jacket and being set alight… but even then his troubles are only just beginning.
When Killian mistakes Melissa for Amanda in an effort to bait a trap for MacLeod, Amanda and Duncan realise the extent of his madness and the danger that mortals can be in if they are too close to Immortal perils. Ironically, their salvation may lie in the hands of Joe Dawson, who has once again sworn to observe but not interfere… but is faced with a difficult choice.
Also featuring: Lisa Butler (as Melissa), Dace ‘Squatch’ Ward (as Cisco), Antony Holland (as The General), Sean Campbell (as Sgt. Merton), Christine Upright-Letain (as Andrea Henson)
EPISODE 4.8: RELUCTANT HEROES
Written by Scott Peters
Directed by Neill Fearnley
On the way back from a foreign film screening (Richie complaining that it didn’t have nearly enough blockbuster action) he and Duncan are about to get more than they bargained for when their stroll is interrupted by an assassination attempt on another target on the street. Sensing that the attacker is Immortal, Duncan pushes a shopkeeper out of harm’s way, then he and Richie both pursue the masked figure. Unfortunately, one of the stray bullets hit the shopkeeper’s wife and she dies in his arms.
Unmasked, Duncan recognises the stranger as Paul Kinman (Peter Outerbridge) and they engage in the required ritual combat – though they can’t finish the duel as the police arrive, arresting Kinman as Duncan and Richie slip away. The police want to interview the ‘heroes’ but Duncan, aware of just how good Kinman is at killing and the publicity that will surround any trial, doesn’t want to get involved in the aftermath. Besides, MacLeod would rather see Kinman buried than imprisoned.
But David Markum, the shop-keeper is furious that Duncan’s lack of co-operation will help Kinman beat charges and driven by survivor’s guilt decides to take matters into his own hands…
Also featuring: Kevin McNulty (as David Markum), Jill Teed (as Kayla Brooks), Eileen Barrett (as Alice Markum), Peter Bryant (as Cop), Nicola Cavendish (as Queen Anne), Stephen Dimopoulos (as Vince Petrovic), Fred Henderson (as Desantis), Kevin Lesmister (as Earl of Welsley), Tony Scanling (as Lord Keating)
EPISODE 4.9: THE WRATH OF KALI
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Duane Clark
In London a less than scrupulous art and antiquities dealer is murdered by an Immortal named Kamir (Kabir Bedi) after he reveals that the much-treasured ‘Bengal Kali’ statue has just been sold to a university in the United States. As luck would have it, it’s the university at which Duncan is now a teacher… and it is put on display as a fund-raiser for their cultural anthropology department.
Kamir arrives during the launch of the exhibition and MacLeod remembers their encounter in colonial India over two centuries earlier in which they both had to deal with British settlers and military that had no respect for the culture they were dominating. Even MacLeod had to learn some hard lessons about the way the people of India dealt with the responsibilities of life, death and duty.
In the present, Duncan understands the passion that Kamir has for his beliefs and for the statue of Kali that he wants returned to its native land, but he also begins to recognise just how far Kamir will go to accomplish that sacred goal.
Also featuring: Molly Parker (as Alice Ramsey), Suleka Mathew (as Vashti), Alec Willows (as Martin Millay), Veena Sood (as Shandra Devane), Brent Stait (as Colonel Ramsey)
EPISODE 4.10: CHIVALRY
Written by Michael O’Mahoney and Sasha Reins
Directed by Paolo Barzman
Riding on horseback through the woods of Normandy in the late 1600s, Duncan hears the sound of gunfire as two outlaws decide to waylay a stage-coach and rushes in to help. He senses an Immortal hidden within but they don’t seem keen to help him. Emerging from within when the battle is done, he meets the very capable and very ‘shameless’ Kristin (Ann Turkel).
In the present, Duncan is close to finishing the renovation of the house he’s been working on and Richie is musing on what the future will be like and the wonders he hopes to see. Later Richie heads to meet a family friend who’s an aspiring model… and finds out that the agency head is another Immortal… it’s Kristen. She says she has an eye ‘raw talent’, but it’s clear she’s also got an eye for Richie.
Methos (Peter Wingfield)is also visiting, aware of the history MacLeod and Kristin share and warning Duncan of her presence. When MacLeod finds out she’s ‘involved’ with Richie, a lot of alarm-bells start ringing. He knows her seductions usually have an intense and possessive agenda, but will a smitten Richie listen to him..?
Also featuring: Emmanuelle Vaugier (as Maria Alcobar), Beverley Hendry (as Louise)
EPISODE 4.11: TIMELESS
Written by Karen Harris
Directed by Duane Clark
Duncan goes to visit his friend, the arrogant but charming pianist Claudia Jardine (Rae Dawn Chong), but is just in time to help her avoid an attempt on her life – Claudia remains intact but her piano is history. She’s aware that Duncan paid for her lessons in Julliard and the Paris Conservatory and realises that she wouldn’t have had half the success without his assistance, but wishes that he’d sometime not offer her all the ‘life advice’ he does.
But she’s glad he’s around when her assailant tries again, this time to run her down on the street… though Duncan is unaware it’s a decidedly ‘older’ friend, Walter Graham (Brent Fidler) behind the wheel.
Joe is a major fan of Claudia’s work, but Methos (Peter Wingfield), downing beers in his establishment, is somewhat distracted having taken a shine to Alexa, one of the waitresses in Joe’s bar… though she doesn’t seem interested…
However, everyone’s in for some home truths when life and death secrets are revealed about both Claudia and Alexa – ones that will have unforeseen consequences for them and the people who care about them…
Also featuring: Ocean Hellman (as Alexa), Brent Fidler (as Jeremy Beaufort), David MacKay (as Gremio)
EPISODE 4.12: THE BLITZ
Written by Morrie Ruvinsky
Directed by Paolo Barzman
A massive explosion rips through the Mid-City Subway Complex with authorities and the media not knowing if it is chemical, gas or terrorist in nature. A heavily-pregnant Anne Lindsay (Lisa Howard) is one of the doctors to respond and against advice heads into the complex in an effort to save lives. When a news report indicates that Anne and her team are trapped inside, Duncan races to the scene.
Sneaking into the tunnels to help, Duncan remembers war-torn London and his experiences during the WWII air-raids on the capital city. He and his then girl-friend, Diane, are trapped when a bomb lands in nearby Leicester Square tube-station, her fate sealed when there’s a gas-leak. As they both fade into a sleep – from which only one will awaken – they talk about the opportunities lost but lives well-led.
In the present, Anne begins to go into labour early and Duncan is determined to reach her, to help her survive and to give her a very special gift for the future…
Also featuring: Alison Moir (as Diane Terrin), Duncan Fraser (as Fire Chief),Beverley Elliott (as Karen), Robert Iseman (as Mike), Dave Adams (as Emcee), Tim Dixon (as Harry), George Gordon (as French Officer), Tracy Olson (as Lord Sewell), Brent J D Sheppard (as Rescuer), Byron Lawson (as Second Rescuer)
EPISODE 4.13: SOMETHING WICKED
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Dennis Berry
Native-American holy-man James Coltec (Byron Chief-Moon) calls MacLeod from the road and arranges to meet, two old Immortals catching up and comparing notes. However, en route, Coltec senses another Immortal which turns out to be the sociopathic Harry Kant in the process of robbing a Chinese restaurant. Coltec beats Kant in combat but then re-enters the restaurant and steals from the register, killing the owner in cold blood. Something has gone very wrong in his victory…
Duncan is eager for Richie to meet one of the most spiritual men he’s encountered, but when they arrive at their rural destination on the edge of the city, Coltec attacks Richie and Duncan has no choice but to engage him in combat ultimately pitching his old friend into the waters that flow below the bridge on which they are fighting. Duncan is driven to discover what’s happened… Coltec once brought him back from being consumed by hatred in the wake of Little Deer’s death and he needs to return that favour.
MacLeod desperately wants to save his friend, but the alternative is to stop him permanently. However, to do that Duncan will have to take the biggest risk of his long life. If an experienced shaman like Coltec was unable to control a legendary ‘Dark Quickening’ then is there even the slightest hope that a ‘triumphant’ MacLeod will achieve anything but the corruption of his own soul?
As Joe and Richie come face to face with a very changed MacLeod, none of them may be safe…
EPISODE 4.14: DELIVERANCE
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Dennis Berry
The trawler that MacLeod has been working on docks in Le Havre, France and it’s clear that Duncan hasn’t made any friends on the voyage. After he arrogantly attacks the captain, Carl Davis, he’s thrown off the ship but vows to get even…
Clearly still at war with the darkness raging within, Duncan calls Sean Burns (Michael J. Jackson), his old friend and doctor whom he first met in 1917 when Sean treated men with shell-shock. In the meantime, he mugs Davis and decides to pay his wife a visit for his own gratification. The following morning it’s only a surprise appearance by Methos (Peter Wingfield) that saves him from an angry, vengeful husband… but even the oldest Immortal doesn’t seem to be able to help Duncan’s inner turmoil and heads to Paris.
Part of MacLeod realises that Sean Burns may be his last hope of salvation, but if his darker side knows that too, what will it do to survive? Methos says that Duncan MacLeod is too important to lose to a Dark Quickening, but is it already too late for the better side of Duncan’s nature to find its way back?
Also featuring: Kristin Minter (as Rachel MacLeod), Valeria Cavalli (as Dominique), Carl Chase (as Robert Davis), Geoffroy Boutan (as Claude Massanet), Morgan Cooke (as Antoine), Patrick Burgel (as Albert), Julien Bizot (as Driver)
EPISODE 4.15: PROMISES
Written by Lawrence Shore
Directed by Paolo Barzman
After the trials and tribulations of recent events, Duncan is enjoying showing Rachel around some of the sites of Paris – even if it is in the winter. However, having experienced the lights of the big city, she still yearns to return to Glenfinnan – it is her home and – as she points out – it’s technically Duncan’ as well, at least by lineage. Their tranquility doesn’t last long as, walking back to the barge, Duncan senses another Immortal and finds himself in the middle of an assassination attempt – with an Immortal named Kassim (Rico Ross) protecting his employer – President Hamad – and shooting the would-be assailant dead even as Duncan grapples with the stranger.
Macleod and Kassim first met in the African desert of 1755 when Kassim was tracking a cobbler called Reza that Duncan had befriended. Though Duncan helped Reza escape, they were cornered by Kassim… who lets them go on the promise that MacLeod owes him a blood debt that he will one day want honouring.
In the present, President Hamad insists that Duncan and Rachel are guests at the evening’s embassy ball, but Duncan is taken aback when Kassim later reveals that far from being thankful for his intervention, Kassim himself wants the President dead – revealing that Hamad is a despot and not a honourable man. And he’s calling in that old debt of honour to make sure MacLeod complies…
Guest-starring Kristin Minter (as Rachel MacLeod), Ben Feitelson (as Nasir Al Deneb), Vernon Dobtcheff (as Hamad), Soumaya Akaaboune (as Ailya), Karim Saleh (as Boadin Al Deneb), Tomer Sisley (as Reza), Dine Souli (as Official), Peta Wilson (as Inspector).
EPISODE 4.16: METHUSELAH’S GIFT
Written by Michael O’Mahony and Sasha Reins
Directed by Adrian Paul
A group of masked men attack Amanda’s apartment in France. They come prepared, armed with guns and swords and Amanda (Elizabeth Gracen) is severely wounded, only narrowly escapes with her life, swinging away from the roof of the building and rushing to get to MacLeod.
Meanwhile, Methos (Peter Wingfield) is back in Paris. Though it’s not supposed to be in the purview of Watcher Adam Pierson, he’s looking specifically into the Methuselah Stone that Luther had been so determined to find. The Watchers have kept the various crystals that were joined together, but there’s still one piece missing – the one Amanda was given by her mentor Rebecca.
Duncan and Amanda corner a man that’s following her. He’s a Watcher who claims that while he saw the break-in, he has no idea the intruders’ motives. But later, finding one of the men who broke in – now dying from gunshots wounds – Amanda is convinced they were specifically after her crystal.
Now, both Amanda and Methos want access to the remaining crystals – and they are on an inevitable collision course for which each of them has a very personal reason to kill for…
Also featuring: Anthony Hyde (as Nathan Stern), Jamie Harris (as Daniel Geiger), Nadia Cameron (as Rebecca Horne), Guy Amram (as Kelly), Patrick Serraf (as Man)
EPISODE 4.17: THE IMMORTAL CIMOLI
Written by Sophie Decroisette (story) and Scott Peters (teleplay)
Directed by Yves Lafaye
Amateur and unsuccessful magician Daniel Cimoli (Crispin Bonham-Carter) would rather work on his tricks that work on finding an income to support himself and his elderly mama. Annoyed she throws his ‘toys’ into the street but when Danny goes to retrieve them, he’s hit by a lorry. In normal circumstances that would be a career-ender, but the newly-minted Immortal quickly realises his new condition will allow him a unique edge in show-business.
When, a while later, Duncan and Amanda (Elizabeth Gracen) visit the circus, they feel the ‘buzz’ and realise that ‘The Immortal Cimoli’ is indeed one of their own. But Danny doesn’t quite understand the bigger picture – seeing no reason why he shouldn’t exploit this new status-quo to full financial effect. Duncan and Amanda try to explain the downsides and the responsibilities that come with his condition, though for professional reasons, Amanda is also interested in how much of a cut of the take he gets…but he won’t listen.
The problem is, as Duncan has noted, it’s hard to stay under the radar off other Immortals – and advertising your presence is probably the least advisable survival strategy. So when Damon Case (Simon Kunz) comes around, an Immortal whose drive is to punish those fellow Immortals who are wasting their gifts, Danny is ill-prepared to deal with it.
Will Daniel learn that with Immortal power comes some responsibility or will his new career be a short one?
Also featuring: Louise Vincent (as Lina Cimoli), Roger Lumont (as Marco Mastina), Patrick Mille (as Jean-Phillipe de Lefaye III), Stephane Boucher (as Edward Bellamy), Veronique Baylaucq (as Annie), T. C. Holmes (as Immortal)
EPISODE 4.18: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
Written by Alan Swayze
Directed by Dennis Berry
Alexa has passed away and Methos has buried the women he loved, but as they visit the grave-site and discuss the fact that she will not be forgotten, Methos and Duncan sense another Immortal nearby.
A man comes screaming out of the darkness of the site’s underground chambers and though Duncan recognises the man as his old friend Warren Cochrane (Dougray Scott), it seems Cochrane is out of his mind and doesn’t recognise Duncan. They originally fought alongside each other and for Bonnie Prince Charlie in the Scotland of the 1700s until the brave but blindly-loyal and reckless Cochrane was seen to be ‘killed’ and could no longer be seen to be actively battling for the cause.
In the present, a woman claiming to be his wife, but knowing nothing of his immortality, comes to collect Cochrane from the police-station. Methos (Peter Wingfield) notes that Immortals shouldn’t be able to have a physical reason for amnesia, so it must be some sort of trauma. Cochrane finds it hard to believe Duncan’s stories of their early battles together but MacLeod is determined to find what really happened to his old friend.
What is the truth that Cochrane can’t face and what will be the cost to both him and Duncan when they find out?
Also featuring: Gresby Nash (as Andrew Donnelly), Struan Rodger (as Bonnie Prince Charlie), Laura Marine (as Nancy Goddard), Luc Bernard (as Inspector Deon), F. Bruan McAsh (as Innkeeper), Shannon Finnegan (as sarah), George Salmon (as James)
EPISODE 4.19: DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Charles Wilkinson
A store is robbed of its precious gems by an Immortal with a perchance for using poison gas. The police – and Duncan – recognise it as the signature of Xavier St.Cloud (Roland Gift), but Duncan already took his head, so that can’t be possible.
With Agent Renee Delaney back in Paris and determined to solve the crime, MacLeod isn’t interested – until he spots someone dressed very much like St.Cloud bear his barge. Pursuing him, he identifies the Immortal as Morgan D’Estang (Marc Warren), with whom he has some unfinished history. D’Estang has had certain murderous ‘impulse controls’ after being shoved aside by his adopted parents in the France of the 1800s when they had a ‘true’ son to continue their bloodline. Xavier St.Cloud found him and became his mentor but could D’Estang prove as big a threat?
Also featuring: Stacey Travis (as Agent Renee Delaney), Jean-Paul Muel (as Inspector DuFay), David Gabison (as Manager), Hester Wilcox (as Angela), Richard Lukas (as Detective), Phillipe Bouclet (as Phillipe d’Estaing), Stan Reitz (as Bernard d’Estaning), Pascal Laurent (as Hastings)
EPISODE 4.20: ‘TILL DEATH
Written by Beatrice Mathouret (story), Michael O’Mahony and Sasha Reins (teleplay)
Directed by Dennis Berry
At the Chateau de Valicourt, circa 1921, a female Immortal sleeps on a four-poster bed but is awakened by an intruder, another Immortal with a sword. There is much swishing of swords, thrust-and-parry and talk of taking heads… but it turns out that neither Robert de Valicourt (Jeremy Brudenell) or his wife Gina (Cécile Pallas) are in imminent danger, it’s a bit of role-play that the couple are indulging in to keep their lives exciting.
In the modern day Robert and Gina are to renew their vows once again and Duncan tells Methos (Peter Wingfield) how he and Hugh Fitzcairn (Roger Daltrey) originally found themselves competing over her in the Paris of the 1600s as they tried to uncover stolen shipments – and where she’d meet Robert for the first time. But it seems that on the eve of their vows, the couple are going through a rocky patch and may be on the verge of divorcing for good.
Duncan hatches an ill-advised plan to help Richard woo Gina all over again, but for it to work, he’s going to need Methos.
And if the much-married, ever-pragmatic Methos can be convinced to go along with the insanity, he’s going to demand a very high price indeed…
Also featuring: Michael J. Jackson (as Sean Burns), Michel Feller (as Footman)
EPISODE 4.21: JUDGMENT DAY
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Gerard Hameline
Joe receives a report that Duncan MacLeod has been killed and is summoned to Paris by the Watchers to file his final report. While walking towards the barge, Joe sees a Duncan running along the banks – apparently alive and well. Before they can talk, a car pulls up and bundles Dawson into the back, taking off before MacLeod can intervene.
Later Duncan senses an Immortal on the quayside… it’s Methos (Peter Wingfield)who says he’s aware something important is going on within the Watchers and Duncan points out they both owe Joe and need to find out what’s happening. It seems the Watchers have taken him to Lyon and intend to put him on trial for betraying his oath and befriending MacLeod… something they believe has led to a rise in deaths within their own ranks.
Duncan attempts a rescue, but Joe refuses to run and the Watchers bring MacLeod to the tribunal. Joe wants a proper trial with a jury and the Watcher’s agree – but only if MacLeod is judged along with him…
Will ‘Adam Pierson’ be able to help defend them both or has time finally run out?
Also featuring: Jesse Joe Walsh (as Jack Shapiro), Graham McTavish (as Charlie), Stephen Tremblay (as Jacob Galati) Benjamin Boyer (as David Shapiro), Danielle Durou (as Realtor), Nicolas Bonnefous (as Gate Guard), Christine Rivere (as Nadia)
EPISODE 4.22: ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT
Written by David Tynan
Directed by Dennis Berry
The massacre at the chateau has left all the members of the tribunal dead and Joe Dawson still recovering. It also means that the Watchers believe it was Duncan who took all those lives – all to save Joe Dawson. Even Joe’s old friend is now convinced of what must be done – Duncan MacLeod must be found and paid to pay.
Duncan and Joe, fully appreciating the irony, are hiding out in the cellar of Shakespeare and Company, the bookshop once used as a watcher base. Methos (Peter Wingfield) applies some of his medical training, but it doesn’t improve Dawson’s mood. With an equal dose of irony, the Watchers’ temporary base is a mortuary and Duncan decides he must confront Shapiro to prove that another Immortal must have been responsible for the earlier deaths.
Duncan sees the real assassin and recognises him as Jacob Galati (Stephen Tremblay), an old gypsy friend. In the Europe of the mid 1800s, Duncan was part of the gypsy group to which Jacob and his wife Irina belonged. Irina was raped and though Duncan persuaded Jacob to seek mortal justice, rather than immediate revenge, the rapist quickly escaped punishment via the corrupt local land-owners. Jacob then took matters into his own hands, though not before they ‘kill’ Jacob. It didn’t help his faith in humanity.
Jacob and Irina encountered the Watchers in 1992, running afoul of Horton’s renegade contingent who killed Irina in front of him – and ever since Jacob has been extracting revenge against the entire group.
Can Duncan now convince both sides that they’ve been set against each other by circumstance and tragedy rather than intent – or is all out war between Watchers and Immortals now inevitable?
Also featuring: Romina Mondello (as Irina Galati), Jesse Joe Walsh (as Jack Shapiro), Peter Hudson (as James Horton), Michel Feller (as Mikel), Yan Epstein (as Jean Dumar), Xavier Jaillard (as Magistrate), Zoltan Csala (as Guard), Manuel Guillot (as Emile), Oliver Vitrant (as Watcher)